# What This Bill Actually Does

This bill would prevent the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from making changes to how airport security screening works based on gender identity. Specifically, it blocks the TSA from spending any federal money to update their security procedures in six particular ways, all related to how they handle gender markers and screening methods.

The bill targets several specific TSA programs and procedures. It would stop the TSA from adding an "X" gender marker option to TSA PreCheck (the program that lets frequent travelers go through faster security lines). It would also prevent the TSA from switching their body-scanning machines from sex-based screening to gender-neutral screening, and it would block them from promoting or accepting an "X" gender marker in their systems. Additionally, the bill would prevent changes to how TSA agents verify your identity at security checkpoints if those changes involved removing sex-based considerations, and it would stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection from using gender-neutral language or an individual's self-identified pronouns. Finally, it would block updates to trusted traveler programs (like Global Entry) that would add an "X" gender marker option.

In practical terms, this means the TSA would be locked into its current screening procedures and couldn't modernize its systems to accommodate people who identify outside the traditional male-female binary. If you're someone who uses an "X" gender marker on your identification or prefer not to be screened based on biological sex categories, this bill would prevent the TSA from adjusting their procedures to accommodate that. For most travelers, this bill wouldn't change their current airport experience, but it would prevent any future updates to security screening that the TSA might otherwise consider implementing.

Securing Americans from Transportation Insanity Act

Boebert, Lauren

Securing Americans from Transportation Insanity Act This bill prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from modifying Standard Operating Procedures to remove biologically determined sex-based screening procedures from security screening, including by (1) updating the TSA PreCheck program to include an 'X' gender marker option, (2) promoting the use and acceptance of the 'X' gender marker, and (3) requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use gender-neutral language and an individual's self-identified pronouns or name.